Being paraded through the streets didn't deal much of a blow to ordinary criminals, but it was fatal to all scholars, and the shock it brought to the spectating scholars was even greater than the death penalty.
Scholars valued their Literary Name the most, and being paraded through the streets dealt a devastating blow to their Literary Name.
Ever since the imperial examinations began, not a single scholar who had been paraded through the streets had been promoted. Even if they had previously been heaven-defying geniuses, it was of no use.
Among the Ten Elders of Hanlin Academy, there was a former genius who had been the top scholar of his country. However, because he had offended the Half-saint clan, he had been sentenced to be paraded through the streets for a day. He, who had been destined to become a great Confucian scholar, had remained in Hanlin Academy. He had used countless methods to temper himself, and had even cultivated a Grand Scholar battle poem to the fourth level. Its power was infinitely close to that of a great Confucian battle poem, but he had never been able to break through.
As a result, he was often deranged, and people called him the Crazy Elder.
This Crazy Elder had once participated in the famous Mitani Lien Chan, and had obtained an extremely rare victory.
The more famous the Crazy Elder was, the more the scholars feared being paraded through the streets. It was a punishment that was enough to destroy geniuses.
Stripping one's literary rank, parading through the streets, and being exiled for several decades, these three crimes were rarely seen in human history, and this was especially true for someone who had yet to reach twenty years of age.
Right or wrong was no longer the focus of everyone's attention. The focus was that all the youths and children who had witnessed this scene swore to themselves that they would not fall to such a state because of the Academy's bullying.
While the five criminals were being paraded through the streets, Fang Yun had written two sets of documents. One was a 'Brief Description of Criminal Cases' and a 'Brief Description of Civil Cases'.
These two sets of books. Not only did they clearly define what a criminal case was and what a civil case was, they also had a standard for judging it. The process of law enforcement and trial gave a range of punishments, and they even explained in detail the differences between different countries and ancient lands.
Although these two sets of laws were far inferior to the perfect laws of the later generations, they were most suitable for the current situation of Saint Origin. They were a large step ahead of this era, but they were based on the Legalism and Confucianism theories of this era.
After Yu Bachi, Xia Jing 'en, and the other Legalism disciples received these two sets of documents, they were all stunned after flipping through a few pages. When they came back to their senses, they continued reading.
Although the name was "Brief Description", each and every one of the unprecedented crimes and reasonable judgment standards were listed. There was also the "Trial Procedures (temporary)" in the appendix. Although it did not overturn Legalism, it was almost at the level of a reform!
Reform was a reform that covered many aspects of a country. It had a huge impact on a country. For example, Li Kui's reform, Wu Qi's reform, Shang Yang's reform, and so on. They were all reforms made by great figures before they became Saints. Even the lowest level of reform was a method used by a country's Prime Minister to prepare to become a great Confucian or even a Half-saint!
Fang Yun's reform this time was not as high as the reforms, but in terms of breadth, it was not inferior to those reforms. This change was enough to affect the entire human race!
The Grand Secretary of the Punishment Hall, who was secretly protecting Fang Yun, didn't make a move. A Confucian scholar with a higher status walked out of thin air and stretched out his hand without any commotion. Two sets of documents automatically flew into his hand.
"Although these two plans can't enter the All Holy Palaces like the Three Character Classic, they can't enter the Holy Palaces. However, it was enough to be ranked in the Punishment Hall and protect the fate of the Law Clan! The Old Man is personally delivering them. "
Fang Yun and the others were stunned at first, then took a closer look. This time, the person secretly protecting them was not the Great Confucian Ye Hongyu, but the veteran Confucian Zhou Qingtian, who was in charge of the Ten Thousand Army Literature Platform, the Three Kingdoms Literature Platform, and the Ancient Sword of the Four Poles.
Fang Yun quickly understood. The Confucians were very busy. They couldn't always protect him in secret. Only those who were free or had reached a bottleneck in their cultivation would come. They took turns to protect him.
"Greetings, Mr. Qingtian!"
"Greetings, Mr. Zhou!"
Everyone greeted him one after another.
Zhou Qingtian nodded and pointed in the direction of the county's Sage Temple with his index finger. With his fingertip as the center, vertical ripples appeared and spread continuously.
A white bridge of light came from the Sage Temple and rested on Zhou Qingtian's fingertip, taking away the two sets of documents.
The bridge of light carried the two documents and quickly retracted into the sky above the Sage Temple.
Then, everyone looked in the direction of the Sage Temple and saw the white bridge of light extend for thousands of miles at an incredible speed. Its front end disappeared into the horizon and reached Notre-Dame.
Xia Jing 'en was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but blurt out, "Don't tell me it's an A before Saint?"
When Yu Ba Chi heard this, he shuddered and whispered, "It shouldn't be. Chen Qing Zhi, Chen Sheng, defeated a hundred thousand barbarians in the palace examination with three thousand demon cavalry and received an A in the military examination. Zhang Zhongjing, Zhang Sheng, wrote a medical book during the palace examination and received an A in the military examination. Zu Chong, Zu Sheng, created a water mill during the palace examination and received an A in the military examination. No one has been judged an A before the end of the palace examination! Is Fang Xusheng going to be the fourth? "
The bridge of light crossed half of Saint Origin and was seen by countless people. Even if the Confucians and Half-saint didn't see it, they could still feel the transmission of the bridge.
Qi Kingdom.
Li Fanming held the rabbit's ear and looked up at the sky.
"The source of the bridge of light … seems to be the north of Jingguo. Don't tell me that crazy Fang Yun did something big again? It shouldn't be. He's only been in office for three days. If he really did something big, I might as well kill myself! "
Jingguo, the capital city.
"Pfft …"
Ji Zhibai, who was drinking tea in the courtyard, spat out the tea in his mouth and then smashed the teacup in exasperation.
"Prepare the carriage! Let's go to Minister Zuo's residence! No one in the north except for Fang Yun can receive a bridge of light! Bastard! "
Not long after, Ji Zhibai broke into the Liu residence and quickly entered Mount Liu's study.
Mount Liu was practicing calligraphy.
Ji Zhibai wanted to say something, but when he saw Mount Liu writing, he was so scared that he didn't dare to say a word.
Endure.
Ji Zhibai's forehead was covered in cold sweat. If Mount Liu had written the word "quiet", it would've been fine. But now that he wrote "endure", it meant that Mount Liu had already made up his mind to kill!
Mount Liu's heart felt like it was being stabbed!
Ji Zhibai clearly remembered that Mount Liu also wrote the word "endure" before he killed the Northwest Army.
"Could it be that teacher is going to personally deal with Fang Yun?" Ji Zhibai thought to himself.
After Mount Liu put down his brush, Ji Zhibai carefully asked, "Teacher, what did Fang Yun do?"
"Nothing much, just two drafts related to Legalism were accepted into the Punishment Chamber."
Ji Zhibai's vision darkened, and he almost fell over. If Fang Yun had created such a miracle near the end of the court examination, he could still accept it. However, he had only been in office for three days, and he had already written such an important draft for the school of Legalism. Moreover, it was in a field that Fang Yun had not been skilled in before!
How were the other Grand Scholars supposed to live? How was Ji Zhibai, last year's top scholar of Jingguo supposed to live?
Ji Zhibai may have been the top scholar of Jingguo last year, but he didn't get an A grade!
In a normal court examination, if one were to be accepted into the disciplinary hall with just the Legalism document, one would definitely receive an A grade in the disciplinary hall!
Ji Zhibai slowly sat down on his chair and suddenly said, "If my guess is correct, then Fang Yun's guardian must've used the light bridge to pass the draft. The one protecting Fang Yun right now might not be a Legalism scholar and might not know the value of the draft. It might've been a mistake! "
Mount Liu didn't even lift his eyelids as he slowly said, "I'll give you … .half a year. After eight months, if you can't influence Fang Yun's examination, then the Old Man will personally make a move and end his examination!"
Ji Zhibai instinctively shuddered. Liu Shan's so-called 'cutting him off from the court examination' was very likely going to be a major event that could pierce through the heavens!
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